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A Duff woman was charged after she allegedly almost struck two Campbell County Sheriff’s Deputies’ vehicles. The deputies were in the middle of a traffic stop.
Deputies Chad Hickson and Josh Humphries were in the middle of a traffic stop in Jacksboro when Donna A. McCall, 36, 185 West Cotula Lane, failed to merge to avoid them, nearly hitting their vehicles, Hickson said.

An alleged drug deal turned violent Nov. 28 when a woman was slung from a dark blue Pontiac Sunfire. She was allegedly attempting to pay $20 for what she thought was marijuana.
The victim told the LaFollette Police Department Wendy D. Falls, 39, 411 E. Fir Street, LaFollette, had called her and asked her to buy marijuana, according to Sgt. Brian Tiller’s arrest report.

The Tennessee Department of Safety has released official word that the LaFollette driver’s station will merge with the Clinton office. The LaFollette office will close at the end of the business day on Dec. 28. Its employees will then work at the Clinton Office.

“Apparently they were under a mandate to cut the budget and apparently they looked at those areas where they could break the leases,” said Tennessee State Sen. Ken Yager. “Apparently, unfortunately, one of those was Campbell County.”

Nearly six months after Montclair’s lease on the Taylor Machine Shop property was up, the oil refining business will be able to purchase the property. The move will bring approximately 50 jobs to Jellico. An additional grant from the state will provide for a Norfolk Southern Railroad Spur on the site, located at 1070 Creekmore Housely Road. The property is part of the Oswego Industrial Park.

Jellico could finally be looking at solutions to its budget woes after help from the Tennessee state comptroller’s office.

“Ms. Iris told me as of today [Nov. 26] the city was going to make 22 percent or more in cuts across the board,” Stiers said, referring to last month’s meeting with comptroller representative Iris Haby.

Stiers, who does not want to cut services or employees, presented a list of revenues and cuts compiled for the comptroller.